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Mr Rattray was taken to accident and emergency and his injuries included a ruptured diaphragm.

He was left in a 'complete state of shock' by what happened to him and suffered depression.

The judge who jailed Marshall found that he had played the leading role and 'exploited' the youths to take part in the crime.

The raiders had suspected the victim was "making his money from dealing drugs" and had a stash inside the property, but there was no evidence that drugs were the source of his income and the only evidence of drugs at the property had been "a few young cannabis plants".

Tom Little, for the Attorney-General, argued that Marshall's jail term was far too soft, given the seriousness of the attack.

And Lord Justice Davis agreed that the sentence was 'much too short', before upping the term by four years.

Police investigate an aggravated burglary at Bryants Hill, St George. Daniel Marshall, 24, of Cromer Road, Eastville, has been jailed along with two boys aged under 18, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

The judge pointed to the 'disturbing and indeed shocking nature of this offending'.

Two Bristol teenagers, aged 16 and 15, were convicted of the same crimes as Marshall and they both got four-and-a-half years detention.

Their sentences were also increased, to six-and-a-half years, by the judge, who was sitting with Mr Justice Phillips and Judge Geoffrey Marson QC.